--
:api: ilm-start-ilm
:request: StartILMRequest
:response: AcknowledgedResponse
--
[role="xpack"]
[id="{upid}-{api}"]
=== Start Index Lifecycle Management API


[id="{upid}-{api}-request"]
==== Request

The Start Lifecycle Management API allows you to start Index Lifecycle
Management if it has previously been stopped.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-request]
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[id="{upid}-{api}-response"]
==== Response

The returned +{response}+ indicates if the request to start Index Lifecycle
Management was received.

["source","java",subs="attributes,callouts,macros"]
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include-tagged::{doc-tests-file}[{api}-response]
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<1> Whether or not the request to start Index Lifecycle Management was
acknowledged.

include::../execution.asciidoc[]